[Intro]

Taxi brakes in late rain
Your name stuck in my throat


[Hook]

Everybody wants a girl they can survive
Till she walks in and changes the whole room’s vibe

Red on her mouth, danger in her eyes
You don’t forget her even if you try

You can try
You can try
But nobody forgets me twice

[Verse 1]

Corner store at 4 AM
Cashier acts like he knows my past
Heel steps on cracked pavement lines
Sirens cut through traffic glass

Mama said don’t stay too late
But I made peace with chaos calls
Every stairwell held cheap smoke
Every promise hit like falls

You stare at me from far away
Like truth is something you can take
But I don’t come in easy ways
I don’t break the same way twice

[Pre-Chorus]

Black car pulls up slow
Gold shine on my fingers

Every voice in the room stops
When I enter and linger

[Chorus]

Take me when the speakers break
When the whole room starts to shake
I came from places no one stays
Where love gets sold in simple ways

Hold me like your hands might shake
Like one wrong move could end your name
Take me before I change my mind
I don’t wait in any line

I’m a city girl
I don’t wait in line

[Verse 2]

Roof top crowd full of lies
Everyone selling different truth
Cheap perfume on empty laughs
Hidden pain inside each booth

I read people in a glance
I hear lies inside their breath
They want beauty made of glass
Till it cuts them into depth

You asked why I speak so sharp
Why I turn calm into war
Every scar I carry now
Was once trust I gave before

[Pre-Chorus]

Red lips, cold stares
Room shifts when I appear

One touch, wrong move
Now you’re stuck too near

[Chorus]

Take me when the speakers break
When the whole room starts to shake
I came from places no one stays
Where love gets sold in simple ways

Hold me like your hands might shake
Like one wrong move could end your name
Take me before I change my mind
I don’t wait in any line

I’m a city girl
I don’t wait in line

[Bridge – INSANE LINE SECTION]

They talk about girls like me
Like we’re just damage in motion

But nobody counts the cost
Of turning pain into devotion

I learned how to kiss
From watching people leave without goodbye

Learned how to smile
While something inside me slowly died

I was seventeen in a back seat
Trying not to fall apart

Now I walk like I own every block
Just so no one sees my heart

If you want me now
Don’t be careful
Don’t be soft
Don’t perform

Pull me close enough to ruin sleep
Close enough to start a storm

I don’t fall in love
I arrive like a warning

[Final Hook]

Everybody wants a girl like me
Till I speak what I really mean

Now you’re stuck inside your head
Playing every word I said

Whole room changes when I leave
Like I took the air with me

You can try
You can try
But nobody forgets me twice

[Final Chorus]

Take me when the world spins fast
When nothing here is built to last
I came from places hearts get torn
Still I return, still I’m not gone

Hold me like the clock won’t move
Like this moment has something to prove
Take me before I disappear
I’m a city girl
And I’m still here

[Outro]

Taxi brakes in late rain
Still your name in my mind